Scopri il migliore ristorante di cucina mediterraneanella città Loreto della Ancona

21/08/2026: Let me start with a premise: I frequent restaurants of this caliber quite often, and for this very reason, I try to evaluate the overall experience, not just what's on the plate. And I have very little to say about the food, except positive ones. Andreina offers a very distinctive cuisine, which you may or may not like, but which certainly has its own identity. Cooking over fires and charcoal grills manages to imbue the ingredients with distinctive flavors, enhancing certain notes without making the experience monotonous or repetitive. Among the dishes that truly made me say "wow," I definitely include the eel and the guinea fowl: two dishes that, personally, I found extraordinary and that I will remember. I also really liked the location. The exterior maintains a rural feel, while the interiors are elegant and refined, with references to the history and identity of the place. It's a setting that I find consistent with the type of cuisine offered. Unfortunately, however, I have to get to the sore point of the evening: the service. And here, honestly, I think there's little to get around: I didn't find it up to par for a restaurant of this caliber, and especially not the bill they asked for. Upon arrival, some of the instructions I'd shared when booking didn't appear to have been followed. During service, the room clearly felt distressed: cutlery falling, glasses being set and cleared without the wine being poured, dishes arriving without any explanation, and one course, the toast, was even forgotten. Furthermore, during dessert, a glass of wine was forgotten. A dessert was brought twice, apparently intended for another table. The most unpleasant situation, however, concerned my wife, who, due to an unexpected circumstance, was unable to eat one of the scheduled courses. A substitute course was not offered, and, what I find even more questionable, the uneaten course wasn't even removed from the final bill. But most of all, what weighed on the evening was the pace of service. We waited about 20 minutes between courses, practically the entire meal. In an experience like this, where the gastronomic journey should be carefully planned, the wait becomes an integral part of the overall evaluation. And this is precisely the greatest shame. Because I felt like I was faced with nearly perfect cuisine accompanied by service that, instead, demonstrated too many difficulties. I don't expect perfection, because small mistakes can happen even in the best restaurants. But when you choose an experience of this caliber, and you incur a significant bill, you expect every aspect of the evening to be treated with the same attention as the cuisine. My evaluation, therefore, is inevitably influenced by this stark contrast: excellent cuisine and a waitstaff who, at least on the evening I was there, failed to match the caliber of the food. A shame, because with service to match, this could have been a truly memorable experience.

16/08/2026: On its way to a 2nd Michelin star. Food is amazing but service is slow